The Sun. — London, England, 1818-04-04 00:00:00

PARLIA MENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, APRIL 3. Mr. Bulky, from the Exchequer. presented an account of the progress made in the reduction of the public Funded Debt of Great Britain and Ire land, and other papers ; Mr. Bradley, from the -Mint, accounts of the issue of Sovereigns anti Half Sovereigns, of the number of grains of pure gold and silver in the different coins, &c. ; and Mr. Hutchinson, from the Bank of England, accounts of Bank Notes issued, the market prices. of gold and silver, - the rates of exchange, and other pa pers.—Ordered to lie upon the Table, and several of them to be printed. Petitions against the additional ditty on Leather were presented by the. Earl of SHAFTESBURY, front the Tanners. &c. of Whir by, in Yorkshire ; and by the Earl of LAUDFKDALE from the Tanners of In verness.—Ordered to lie upon the Table. On the motion of the Marquis of DOWNSHIRR 011StOld of a fornwr motion erroneously worded,) the Letter of the first Commissioner of Excise in Ireland, to the Clergy, &c. respecting a propi),ed Commutalion of th - ekVindow ; fax, and a subse quent Letter to the Sovereign of Belfast, ►vete or dered to be laid beiore the Hon e. The Husbandry Horses Bill was read a third time and passed. The bad GROS-viNOR adverted to the teiurn of Offices granted in Reversion, for the poi-pose of stating that Lord Ducie, there mentioned as Pro vost Marshal of Jamaica, had given up all the emoluments of the office. With respect to his in tended motion on the subject of Reversion, his Lordship stated that he could not yet name a (lay for bringing it forward.' SUPPLY OF , WATER IN THE METROPOLIS. The Earl Gtiol.vENoß stated he bad been in- formed by some of his tenants that a coalition had taken place amongst some of the Water Com rallies in the Metropolis, by which four had been reduced to three, who had divided great part of the town between them, and the consequence was (without now adverting to the price) that the • water was, in several instances, very had. Some of Lis tenants who bad been served by the Chelsea Company were now compelled to take the Grand Junctiou Water, which was of a very bad quality, discoloured, and very disagreeable to the taste. He had thought it ►ight to call the attention of the House to this subject, which was of very con - biderabie importance. He was glad that notice bad been taken of it in the other House, and he tressed some measure Would be ultimately adopted to prevent the evil consequences of this monopoly. The Batt of LAUDELUIALE observed, that the object of Parliament, in pasting different Bills for supplying the Aletropolis with water, with a view to a competition, had been by these Companies completely defeated; and a monopoly substituted. The consequences of this conduct were not mere ly increased price to the consumer and bad water, but still morn, they might. be productive of treat loss of property. When the pipes of two Compa nies ran parallel in-the same streets, in case of fires, for instance, in two different quarters of the town st the same time, each might he extinguished by the water supplied by the different Companies but now, when only one Company supplied one quarter of the tOwn, suppose a fire to happen in Soho, and then immediately afterwards another in the neighbottrhood of Carlton-house, the first - would have exhausted all the supply of water, and a great number of houses might be destroyed in the other situation before a supply of water could be obtained. He tru s ted this subject, which had been taken up in the other House, would he ef fectually followed up till the evil was remedied. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, the ,UhjeCt was one of great importance, and if the object of the Legislature paising the different Bills for the supply of water in the metropolis, which must be supposed to be that of creating a competition, had been defeated by the different Companies joining together to establish a monopoly, he trusted their Lordships would not separate without its being distinctly understood that it was perfectly within the competence of Parliament to sct that-matter right. • The Earl of SHAFTESBVHY expressed his satii. 'faction at . what had been said, and declared his intention, when the 13111 came before the llouse, of contributing all in his power to remedy the evil. Adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. /..,rd BINNING tare notice that he would more the se• coact reading of the Scotch Lunatic Bill on the Ist of May. ORDNANCE ESTIMATES. 'Mr. R. WARD gave notice that he would bring forward the Ordnance Estimates on this day se'nnight. Lord MORPETH presented a petition from the Parish of Altus, in the County of Cumberland, complaining of the Poor kates.—Read-and ordered to lie on the table. Lord LASCELLES presented a petition from the Tanners of Whitby, praying for the repeal of the last tax on leather.— Head and ordered to lie on the table. BLOOD MONEY. Mr. BENNET obtained leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the sereral Acts for granting Pecuniary and other rewards fur the apprehension and conviction of persons guilty of highway robberies and other offences. The Bill, was brought in, read a first tin e, and ordered to be read a second • On the motion of the 'CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIE QUER, it was (uttered that the 'louse at its risiug should adjourn to Monday next. WINDOW T.X. A Petition was presented from certain inhabitants of Bel fast, praying for the repeal of the Window Tax.—Read and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. MAY took this opportunity of asking whether there was any truth in the reports which, had been circulated, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer meant to repeal the Window Tax in Ireland ? - The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was glad that the Hon. Gentleman gave him an opportunity of correcting the report alluded to. It was with great surprise he heard it had been stated in some of the Irish newspapers, as from authority, that he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had stated in this House that it was his intention to repeal the Window Tax in Ireland. He could not understand on what this report was founded. Those who were in the House on the occasion alluded to, must recollect that so far from entering into any pledge to relieve the people of Ireland from this tax, that be had expressly stated that the state of the finances in Ireland was suck, that whatever regret he might feel at being obliged to oppose the wishes of so great a part of the people of Ireland, he felt it his duty to continue this ti.x during the present year. He was sorry that any person should entertain an idea that the repeal of this tax was possible, under the present circumstances of the country. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a Petition from disabled seamen who earn their subsistence as wherrymen, playing that the Rotherbithe Bridge Bill may not be passed, ur if it tepasted. that they ntay rtceive sonic cotnpensatione—Rcad, and ordered to tie on the table. —• • Mr. Alderman WOOD also presented a Petition from Wm. Augustus Gibbon, the proprietor of certain annuities secured on 'Waterloo Bridge, pra}ing that the Waterloo Bridge Amendment Bill might nut pass into a law.--Read, and ordered to be referred to the Committee on the Bill. Sir JOHN NEWPORT rose to coMplain that the Returns 4rhich the House bad long agb ordered, ietative to the Asses sed Takes, Customs, &c. of Ireratid, had notcyet been pi e santed. He therefore moved that These Retetrns 13t iltelerel forthwith. sr _ Mr. I,USHINGTON said, e had ma.de some inquities re lative to the Returns nitride o, and found that the order for them had been duly forwaf ea front the Irish Odic*. The motion was then agreed to. Mr. BENNET shade a similar complaint and motion rela tive to tire returns of gaol fees in Ireland, lung since ordered by the Howie.. Mr. LLISHINGTON said the order to:Allis return had also been forwarded. . - This motion was also agreed to. The House resolved itself into a Committee onthe Ameri can Trade Acts, the Report of which was ordered..to be re ceived on Monday. CHURCHES AND CHAPEtS, The Bill to authorize the Building of Chu elite and Cha pets was brought in.—Read a fi rst time. The CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that this was a measure on which the House seemed quite agreed as to its general propriety; but, us the details 4'4 must he various and complicated, it would he desirable that the Bill should he printed as soon as possible, and that then suflicienttime should be allowed for the consineration of it before it was !carried through the House. With this view, therefore, he would move the second reading on Monday, antl have it corn inittedon Tuesday. It could then he printed, and he would postpone the further stages of it for ten days or a fortnight, that hill time mi4lit be given to consider the details. Mr. GRENFELL, (m behalf of his Hon. and Learned Friend (sir ).'Mackintosh), postponed the motion of which lie had given notice relative to Forgeries. On the Minion of Mr. BLNNET, there was ordered to be laid before the House a Return of all Fees payable to Clerks of the Peace and Assize,' for the last twenty years ; with an Account of any variation in such Fees made duriog that tiaie, and under what authority: The It. port of the Bill to. make Private Stealing in Shops no longer a capital offence. was taken into further considera tion, and after sonic verbal ameodments was agreed tu. The Bill was ordered to lie read a third time. The Report of the Irish Corti Duty Bill was received and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The Report of the Four wheel Carriages' Bill was received and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to lie read a third time on Monday. Lord A. HAMILTON presented a Petition from one of the Scots Royal Burghs, praying for Reforw.—Read and ordered to lie on the Table. Lord A. HAMILTON presented a Petition from the Btugh of Renfrew against the Scans Lunatic Asylum Bill.}Read, and ordered to hie on the table. Sir S. ROMILLY gave notice, that on Thursday se'nnight be would bring forward a motion relative to the state of the Slaves it: the island of Dominica. Mr. J. P. GRANT presented a Petition from the Tanners of Great Grimsby' praying for a Repeal of the Leather Tax. — Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. W. SMITH presented a Petition front the Inhabitants of Glossop, in the county of Derby, in favour of the Bill for restricting the Hours of Labour in Cotton Manufactories. — Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. WILBERFORCE presented similar Petitions from the Cotton Spinners of Renfrew and of Blackburn, which were both read, and ordered to lie on the table. SLAVE TRADE. The House resolved itself into a Committee on the Acts relative to the Slave Trade. Mr. HOLMES moved a Resolution for leave to bring in a Bill to explain the said Acts so tar as related to the trans portation of Sl,ives front one colony to another. Mr. WILBERFORCE would tint ❑ow oppose the Resolu tion, but would rather the Bill should he brought in that it might he discussed. But front what he understood of the na ture of the Bill proposed, he thought it was by no means likely to be beneficial to the West Indies. Mr. MARAYATT said the effect of the proposed Bill would be to authorize the transportation of Slaves from our Colo nies. The inducements to obtain Slaves at Surinam were . such, that the consequence of this Bill would be to draw Slaves from out Colonies to perish in the pestiferous marshes of that part of South America. The Resolution was then agreed to. The Bill was then brought in and read a first time.—Or dered to be read a second tune on Friday next.--Adjourned. THE HISTORY OF THE FACTIONS WIIIG AND TORY. FOR THE SUN. MR. EDlToll,—Having concluded the snhject of the Roman Catholic Question, and hoping the arguments and solutions of THRIVE FILIUS are informing and satisfactory to his Readers, he now turns front it, to review the long-talked-of Par ties, IVhig and Tory, names which have changed their meaning so often, that one would suppose their sponsors, at their baptism, were all drunk, not of the water, but wine. Under the unhappy CHARLES, a Rollnil.head was a Whig. His ears were not cropped, like a horse or an ass ; only his hair was cot in his neck. A Cava!kr was a Tory, with a sword and spear, and looked like St. George and the Dragon. Whenever these characters met, those . Ivho were not in favour barked, Those who are out may POUT, and those who were in power sung, Thule who are may GRI Both were afterwards called H igh Church and Low Church Heads, each shaving the other as best served his temporising purpose, until our Revo lution crucible melted them into Protestants and Papists, Churchmen and Puritans, Royalibts and Partisans of the Pretender. But let us read their history : The word Whig, or Whey, or Sour Milk, ac• cording to Bishop BURNET, is derived from Whig gam, a term used by the Scotch in driving their horses to market fur corn, and thence the drivers were called Whiggamores; or Whigs, also prayed and preached as they travelled ; and, afterwardS, those who opposed the Court were nick-named Whigs, or Fanatics, in contempt. From Scot land it came into England, and was applied in a similar way. The word Tory, according to Doctor GOLD SMITH, is Irish, and means savage or fierce, us of a foot robber, who demands money by calling out TORREE, stop ; but used in contempt of the Whigs by the friends of the old Constitution, and the Hierarchy of the Church ; as it was since then by the friends of Popery and the Pretender. On the t%storation of CHARLES the Second, his adherents the Cavaliers, or Court Party, called their opponents Whigs, like the fanatical Presby terians in Scotland. The Roundheads, or Coun try Party, compared the Court Party to the Popish Banditti in Ireland, and called them Tories. The Whigs contended, that as all Government was from the People, King, Lords, and Commons were accountable to them. This the Tories denied, believing it to be derived from above. On our Revolution, many Tories joined the Whigs, and both sacrificed their country to their party; then their party to their country ; and their coalition secured the Constitution. The fire of the Revolution purged off the dross of both parties, whO were of the same metal. Since then, iu opposition to the old Whigs of sound revolution pt inciples, the modern hold that the Sovereignty is nnalicnably in the People, Wleo are our Sovereign Louis, the Kings. The old Whigs boll, thlt this Revolution was justified by necessity, to recover a Constitution formed on the original contract of the State, for its future pre servation, and that King-, Lords, and Commons, may limit the succession" to the Crown, resist its violencein support of the Constitutiln, anif. Iv M h ess shiVerri 'brit not. by the'fory Offattion,•ana• only by law, reason, and example. While under the S. arts, Danes, and Normans, the Nobles found their Kings too imperious, and their Kings found them too encroaching. The Commons had rights 4nd privileges, but little ability to preserve them ; the Clergy and, Peers sometimes protecting and sometimes oppressing then., as best served their partial onrposts, until the whole Irame of Government was settled at the Revolution, and qualified the temper of \Vhig and Tory into peace and quietness ; which was, un fortunately, interrupted by an ill-tinred sermon of Dr. SACHEVERELL, who was tried on an hn peachment in Queen Arises time,' for the especial put lose of shelving the principles of our new settlement, as they operattd in the necessary resist ance of issies the Second, and as they should be understood by postetity. Sts rinderstood, indeed, they have been, until a certain great man raised his head among In., near forty years ago, to as sist us in our notions of a true Whig and a trite Tory. TO this litanism end, he came forth pro claimint; himself " the Man of the People." He opened his schoid at a Tavern, and revived the old exploded nonsense, the mixed spume of Rouallhead and Cavalier, of Whig and Tory, un blnshingly declaring, that he and his followers were the only true iVhigs in the whole kingdom ; and that his Majesty's Ministers were true Tories.— This was " caviere to-the multitude," who were as ignorant of what either name meant as many who asstimud it. In King WILLIAm's tinae a - Whig called a Tory a Jacobite and a Papist. A Tory, to return the Compliment, called a Whig a Presbyterian, and an enemy to the Church. At present a Foxily takes the name of Whig, and is for cashiering of Kings, Lords, and Bishops, saying, the People arc su preme, and that the Tolies; meaning those in power, a,re for extending the prerogative, and' raising the Mitre above the Crown. This medley doctrine, this conflict of opinions, of such v,ersatile factions, as changeable as the winds, exhibit them as figures of inn. The-Court and Popery on one side, liberty, equality, and democracy on the other, when anialgarnated, pro duce both Whig and Tory, each berougiug the other, as they wheel about, like Jack in a box. Were that arch wag G. A. STEVENS living, he would put them in his lecture, and display them as blocks in a battle, where victory crowns the old ‘Vhigs of revolution principles, to the disgrace of the new, who are Tories in their hearts ; yet listen to them, and they will tell 'you they are the only true Whigs, all uprigt,t, honest, independ ant, religious, and good men ; but that his Ma jesty's Ministers are secret Tories, under the garb of Whigs, and are, altogether, a pack of rogues and fools. To prove this, Tall Lord 110I.LLAN and Lord GRRY. in one House, and Mr.littouGuam, and_ Mr. TIERNEY in the other. TF.RR FI LUIS. ALL MUST BE DRAWN NEXT THURSDAY. TWO PRIZES OF L. 30,000, 34 OTHER CAPITALS OF L. 3,000, L.t,Goo, &c. AND ABOVE 1,305 PRIZES OF L.l Jo, L. 50, &c. THEATRICAL REGISTEIL Performed Last Nigkt. THEATRE ttnym„ Dauny-Laisg.—The Confederacy: Money trap, Mr. Dowton ; Clarissa, Mts. Davison. After which, The Sleeping Draught. THEATRE ROYAL, Coye:.T-GAIMEN.—Fazio : Giraldi razio, Mr. C. Kemble; Bianca, Miss O'Neill. After which, Cymou. MAILS. ARRIvEn-1 Dublin, 1 Waterfiird, I C;ottenburgb, 1 France. Dos-1 Dublnd, 1 Waterford, 1 Guernsey and Jersey, .1 Lisbon. PRICE 01 THIS I , AY AT T F sTocKs •wF.LVE n'el(pCX. S per Cent. Cot;; 793= itoiso New Annuities 723 5 per Cent. N. Ann..... 10613 Exch. Bilk, 2d,..175. 20s pr. Imperial 3 per Cent. Ann. 794, 1/4Ditto, 2i*/ India 8und5......905. 935. pr. Gins. for Ace. .741 80i 80 HIGH WATER - AT LONDON BRIDGE To.moßnow. liel-11111g, 22 mindtes after 2. I Evening, 47 minutes after Q. THE SUN. 10.1.F.31 Q UI% DICEHE FAt.sl7ll Au DEAT LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1815, We received this morning the Paris Papers of Wednesday laSt. The Chamber of Peers assem bled on Tuesday, when the, Projet for the Aboli tion of the Slave Trade was communicated by the Nlinister of the Marine, anti the discussion of it fixed for this'day. Jo the Chamber ..of Deputes the discussion on the Budget commenced on Tiles dity. M. de la Boutt.LERLE, Under Secretary of State in the Department of Finance, was heard at great length in explination of the ac counts. The Count de la Bolt BDON AY E delivered a long speech, in which he attacked the 'hula system of the Administration, contending that it ought to be entirely changed, and ce:Achtding by opposing the Projet.—The Chevalier LAFITTE (as he Banker of that name is, it seems, now called) at great length went over all the details ot the Budget, dwelling upon the large sums which had been paid to foreigners, and urging the necessity of the strictest economy. • He concluded by sup porting the Projet, with an amendment, limiting the period of the credit .for the expences of occu pation to the 30th of November next. M. LAISSE de VILLEVEQUE was then heard against the Pro jet, and the discussion was adjourned till Wednes day. In Secret Committee afterwards the Cham ber agreed to the amendment made by the Cham ber of Peers, in the Projet for granting furthi r time to the Emigrants for the payment of the ir debts, extending the period to the Ist January' 1826. The amendment as carried-114tg , 18 ' The following acre ExtrAti :-...- r 4., N. ' if Pits , Aiiaii. I, + Cvat preparatiq fi rl i ) I 18 'hialt ing /Alm Hotel Ale Id Reyniere : for i'he . I to be given by the Duke of Wellington to-morrS' rfhe Princes and Princesses of the Royal Fanli i i i the Ambassadors, and all the fashion of the cart' tal will be present. " It is not true that the Duke of Welling o will set out for Cambray on Friday. " It is understood that the Court will go t ° St. Cloud in May, to pass a part of the sumale t there. ", The Danish Ambassador had yesterdAY $ conference with the Duke of Wellington. " FIYE PER CENTS. " Tuesday 65 f. Ewe. , A !Ali, MARCH 23.—1 t is understood that 13 the interrogatories of the sth, 7th, and 1714 olt. Madame Manson made important disclrP rel ' relative to the circumstantes of the assasSioggiu-.13- of M. FuaideS. " HANovER, ItheCti 24.—From several rangements of the Government, as well as st 6t r ments made by the principal Airiborities, it is Pre' sumed that the conclusion df a Concordat the Holy See for the kingdom of Hanover; ,; 6511 ' the neighbouring provinces, is near at hand. 16e instructions recently sent to the Hanoverian 141 gation at Rome are adapted equally to the of the Sovereign Pontiff as to the propositions oil wants \ of the Catholic subjects of the king( l ° liii who form upwards of a'sixth of the population' " BOURDEAUX, MARCH 26.—The last lett er ! from Bilboa and Vittoria confirm the report 1 00' tioued by two or three couriers, of a general mo tet of men in the Basque prOvinces, front si 7 to 50 le *f*' of age. We are informed, that this step basbeetj taken by the Governments of Ala7a, BisciY' Gnipuscoa, in consequence of the arrangeme tW the Court • and it is supposed that this rnea s " is adopted even at St. Ander. We know do I;st f Spanish Basque provinces, NS hkb have lost tigne 4)6 their old privileges, have not submitted military organization of the kingdom, an d the systun of militia does not prevail there, 69 A , Castille. Unless during war there are n 7 $1 , troops in these provinces, nor recruits, Rs i s Cl ks tontary in the rest of Spain, they thTmle l " 9 tn „ up arms to defend their territorv, if necesiarY' dll O4 / As the state of the Fiend) Capitst i 9 VC interesting at the present moment, we recol o- egi to the attention of our Readers the. two Le t( g , which we received this day frow our 6)1.I. t tiro' spondent at Paris. We can assure th em, they may confidently rely on his means of r illation, and the fidelity of his statements. The Earl GROSVENOR deserves well of the try for having drawn attention to the Al-al4°Ftlq said to exist among the WATER COPJFANIES Pal ,:f e , raise' the price of that vital article on the sa If such a combination exists, and nnt hl" e n v can prevent it , we lope that d matter Of ci ; portance will be taken out of the hand s of all P,t. vate bodies, and, like other subjects essentialo the welfare of the Empire, be wholly on der superintendance of Goverinent. We w ere g i , s ‘ to hear our vendable LOUD Cli ANCELL" S3ll O it was, as indeed cannot be doubted, %O bi') 0 1 t competence of Parliament to remedy th e evil ' . we confess we see no better :node, o n a subj ec . t e such vital importance to the communiti!er, have it at once placed undtr the immediate (.1 lion of Government. The MooopolY or e • n Baweas is an evil of no small magnitude , bt . l o tt N o MoorLy in WATER renders that in e(irt e r , g ore f en a very inferior grievance. We trust' , /1° st ir that methods will be devised for the 1°11 : pression of both.—it is proper to add, /I°, WATER which these Companies provid e is a/g(tioft some instances, deteriorated in quality , and Or ~ realo copsOtutes another ,trsid st;4l stronger tb legis:ative interference, as the heo" people is► esv:ntially concern Yd. t 4 1" The CHANCELLOR of the Excucciusit 19g- W I introduced in the house of Commons the tended to promote the erectinti of New Cb dr6 ;# and Chapels, under Comtnissioners, Wbc o - 01 # grant of Le'l,ooo,ooo is to be vested for tha t pose. The Bill was read for the first time) '0 be read again on Monday, and connuitted Tuesday. There con be no doubt that allPbot ties %yin agree, not only on the expedieuePflie the absolute necessity, of some legislative d sure to protect the Protestant ASCendtti) C P ti ti bo 5 oppose the claims of Catholic ambition an d fu d j/ f o rcib tlety; and nothing can operate m ore d , promoting the extension of our iNtiti` n ' ai gioti, titan by increasing the number of Picelee worship. Al! that will then be nt cessary of nuous exertions uu the part o f the AleruVr.